Kansas

Grant for technology, internet help given to KCK Public Schools

Kansas City, Kan. Public Schools households currently experiencing technology and internet connection frustrations may soon get some relief through a grant that will help provide free internet service to students. The school district is currently teaching students 100 percent virtually… more

Six Kansas schools receive national award

On Friday, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly revealed that six Kansas school have received National Blue Ribbon Schools 2020 recognition. A national award program under the U.S. Department of Education, National Blue Ribbon Schools honors public and private schools at the… more

Classes resume Monday for metro’s largest school district

The Olathe School District saw the return of thousands of students to classrooms Monday, the return restricted to specifically those in elementary school. Conducting hybrid classwork since the start of school in early September, today around 9,000 elementary students made… more

Coping with Covid: Metro, state and nationwide cases

New coronavirus data from over the weekend shows the Kansas City metro had a mild weekend with no new COVID-19-related deaths Sunday. This data follows an overall downward trend in the death rate for both Missouri and Kansas. While the… more

NPC International to push back deadline on Pizza Hut bids

Leawood-based NPC International Inc., which filed for bankruptcy in July, has decided to move back the deadline for bids on Pizza Hut assets. The decision arrives following concern from Pizza Hut owner Yum! Brands that a group of credit-focused hedge… more

Coping with Covid: State, regional coronavirus cases update

A Friday update from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment reports the state now has 56,592 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 632 deaths since the beginning of the outbreak. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported on… more

Judge says 2020 census must continue for another month

AP — A federal judge in California has stopped the 2020 census from finishing at the end of September and suspended a year-end deadline for delivering the numbers needed to decide how many seats each state gets in Congress. On… more

Federal Reserve Board issues notice on ‘approach’ to modernizing CRA rules

Earlier this week, the Federal Reserve Board voted unanimously during an open meeting to release an advance notice of proposed rulemaking for an “approach” to modernization of rules implementing the anti-redlining Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). This approved noticed is referred… more

Weekly jobless claims bump up from last week

National jobless claims for the week ending Sept. 19 revealed a different trend, seasonally adjusted initial claims bumping up from the previous week’s total claims. For the week ending Sept. 19, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was… more

Coping with Covid: Missouri’s maximum COVID-19 death rate shows 1.67 percent, Kansas just over 1 percent

A report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that, despite some concern in COVID-19 death rates across particular areas of the U.S., the average reported COVID-19 death rate in the U.S. is now 2.92 percent,… more